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Benn punches ticket to Rio Olympics
Drought conditions causing headaches
Napanee native named to rugby sevens national squad
Local farmers left scrambling; open-air fire bans and drought warnings issued by authorities................ Page 2.
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BY SETH DUCHENE Editor
Britt Benn says that, when she was asked to be a part of the Canadian Olympic rugby sevens team headed to compete in Rio de Janeiro later this summer, it was a moment to remember. “Instantly, I was overwhelmed with emotion,” she said of learning that she had made the team. “My eyes started to water, happy tears, (thinking about) all of the hard work and the sacrifices and the support that I’ve received.” Although news of her selection didn’t come until Thursday, she knew after a five-minute meeting with her coach on Wednesday. “I went into the room and he just kind of looked at me in the eye and said, ‘Do you think you can improve between now and the Olympics?’ I said, ‘There’s always time to improve.’ He said, ‘Good answer.’ Then he reached his hands out and said, ‘Congratulations, you’re going to the Olympics,’” she recalled. Benn was quick to thank her parents for their unwavering support — “even when they didn’t understand why I played the damn sport,” she added jokingly — as well as to thank all those who helped her along the way, including family, friends, coaches and her hometown Napanee, where she first learned the sport while competing for the NDSS Golden Hawks.
New pots in place in new locations for arrival of Communities in Bloom judges yesterday.................. Page 3.
Stone Mills ends cell tower moratorium
Despite outstanding concerns, council says municipality ‘powerless’ in stopping such projects......... Page 10.
Napanee to host world’s top skiiers
Ian Muir-Rugby Canada
Britt Benn (centre) will don the maple leaf to represent Team Canada once more, this time for Canada’s rugby sevens team destined for the Rio Olympics next month. It’s been a long road to the Olympics. After more than a decade of playing both traditional 15-player rugby and the faster seven-player version, she says there have been a lot of sacrifices made to get to this point. And while the goal may have been to get to the Olympics, the new goal is to make sure she and her teammates don’t leave Rio without a gold medal. That means keeping the eye on the prize rather than get too
caught up in the Olympic experience. “It’s going to be breathtaking. We have no idea how big this is, and this is something I’m excited for, but I’m also staying focused. We have one goal going into the Olympics, and that’s to bring home gold, and that’s what I’m driven to. I’m looking forward to going to Rio, and I’m looking forward to sharing it with the women that I’ve worked very hard with over the last year-and-a-half
to get where I am today, and to share those memories and experiences with,” she said. The rugby sevens Olympic tournament will take place from Aug. 6-11. Team Canada’s women’s side will play its first game the day after the opening ceremonies — as a result, Benn won’t take part in the opening ceremonies.
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